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Speed pool (also calledspeedball), is apool game, in which a playerpockets all theballs on thetable as quickly as possible. It can be played competitively with the aid of a stopwatch.
Because speed pool is a relatively recent development, there are few tournaments devoted to it, though it has attracted some professional competition. One notable event was theInternational Speed Pool Challenge which was broadcast onESPN.[clarification needed] The games played in this event included one based onstraight pool as well as the more common version described above, which is derived fromeight-ball. The object in each match was to play all games with a shorter total time than other players.Luc Salvas was the first to win this event, which had aUS$50,000 winner-take-all purse that year.[clarification needed]
